31 March 2022

SNÉI - snow

still from Magpie by The Unthanks (Detectorists s3/ep1 ending)


[009/15] FRYA WAS WIT LIK SNÉI BY.T MÔRNE.RÁD
Frya was white, like snow in the red of dawn


[052/20] THÉR KÉMON HJA VNWARLINGE LIK SNÉI THRVCH STORNE.WIND DRÉWEN OVIR VSA LANDA TO RUNNANDE

they unexpectedly and like a blizzard covered our lands
(literally: there they came unexpectedly, like snow driven through storm-wind, running over our lands)

(Translation and transliteration from Codex Oera Linda.)

Some modern cognates:
snei - Westfrisian (dictionary Jan Pannekeet)
sney - Nethersaxon
snie - Frisian
sne - Danish
sneeuw - Dutch
sneeu - Afrikaans
Schnee - German
snä - Nordfrisian
snö - Swedish
snø - Norse
snjór - Icelandic
snow - English
snaw - Scots
sneachda - Scots-Keltic
sneachta - Irish
sneg - Slovenian
sniegas - Lithuanian
sniegs - Latvian
snijeg - Croatian

1 comment:

  1. Sebastian31/3/22 16:56

    Very much looking forward to the release of the 3rd Edition! :)

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